Daniel schoonmaker



(No Model.)

D. SGHOONMAKR.

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No 368,856. v Patented Auga 23, 1887,

NITED STATES PATENT muon.

DANIEL SCHOONMAKER, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONEIIALF TO P. WILSONS SONS 85 COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

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SPECIFICATION forming art of Letters Patent o. 368,856, dated August'QS, 1887. Application tiled March 14, 188.7. Seriai No. 230,515. (No model.)

To @ZZ 'whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, DANIEL SCHOONMAKER, a resident of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Haines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in wood hannes for harness.

One of the objects of my invention is to pro vide a llame-top which will furnish an ornamental iinish and will securely lock the top of the iron strap in position, and it is secured to the hame by means of a tenon or socket connection.

It is desirable in the manufacture of hannes toapply the finished tops after the wooden portion of the llame has also been finished, because there are objections to finishing the top and strap after they have been placed in position upon the hame, which is required when the top and strap are made as a Whole.

The preferred form of constructing my improvement is shown in the following drawings, making a part of this specificatiomin which- Figure 1 is an outside or front plan view of the hame. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the top ofthe hame, partly in section. Fig. 3 is aperspective view of the hame-top. Fig. 4 is a section showing a modified form of top. Fig. 5 represents a plan view of the top end of the strap.

1 represents the Wooden portion of the hame; 2, the strap; 3, the draftstaple; 4, the linering; 5, the top-strap staples, 6, the end loop. These parts are all of the ordinary construction, but made with the strap.

7 represents my improved top.

8 is the strap portion, which projects down and laps upon the top of the strap 2, thereby securely holding the strap down and making a iinish.

9 represents a tenon. It is preferably made ing from the strap Vportion 8 laterally through the haine, which is mortised to receive the tenon; but it may be made of any other form or shape, particularly as illustrated in Fig. 4.

10 represents rivets or screw-holes which pass through the tenon and either partially or wholly through the hame,as desired. If rivets are used,they must be passed entirely through. If screws are used, they enter through one side without passing through.

11 represents an opening cored out simply for lightness and to improve the design.

By constructing the hame-top in the manner herein shown it can be finished, ornamented, or gilded in any desired form before it is applied to the haine, and the hame itself may be also finished either before or after the top is applied.

l2 represents the short strap attached to the top, projecting down and rest-ing upon the top of the strap.

13 represents again or groove formed in each side of the top, into which the end of the wooden haine is fitted to rest.

Having described my invention,whatI claim 1s 1. The combination, with a wooden hame, of a hame-top having the tenon 9 extending transversely into the haine between the front and rear sides of the hame-top, substantially as shown and described.

2. rIlhe hame-top 7, having the strap 8 and tenon 9, in combination with a mortised hame secured thereto, substantially as specified.

3. The hame-top 7, having the strap 8, the tenon 9, the short strap 12, and the grooves 13, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

, DANIEL SCHOONMAKER. Witnesses:

EDMUND K. STALLO, E. E. WOOD. 

